More InformationWonderfully evoked natural scenes and portraits of hunters. The author covers 17,000 miles in five months, from stalking chukar partridges on rocky Montana mountainsides to shooting snipe in the steamy Mobile delta. Fergus paints wonderful portraits of his hunting companions--including novelists Richard Ford and Robert F. Jones.

WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:"An absorbing, provocative, & even enchanting book." -Los Angeles Times

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Jim Fergus is a freelance write whose articles and essays have appeared in a wide variety of national magazines (Esquire, Newsweek, Outside, and Fly Fisherman) and newspapers. He is a field editor of Sports Afield magazine. His previous books include the nonfiction memoir A Hunter's Road and the novel One Thousand White Women. He lives in Colorado, Idaho, & Florida.